Expansive and atmospheric, ‘Ascending’ captures Pelican exploring the outer edges of the sonic landscape surrounding their 2025 album ‘Flickering Resonance’. The EP gathers four tracks recorded during the same creative period, offering a companion piece that highlights the band’s enduring ability to move fluidly between heaviness and restraint. Instrumental passages unfold patiently, with layered guitars building slow-burning tension before cresting into powerful, immersive waves of sound. The title track "Ascending" sets the tone with a sweeping composition that balances melodic clarity with the crushing weight that has long defined Pelican’s instrumental approach.

Across the record, Pelican revisit material connected to the ‘Flickering Resonance’ era while expanding its emotional palette. A striking alternate version of "Cascading Crescent" features Geoff Rickly of Thursday, introducing vocals into the band’s typically instrumental framework without disrupting their expansive atmosphere. Meanwhile, "Adrift" and "Tending the Embers" deepen the EP’s reflective tone, blending shimmering guitar textures with the group’s signature post-metal intensity. By bringing these tracks together, ‘Ascending’ highlights the rule-free ethos that has guided Pelican since their Chicago beginnings, reinforcing their place as a band capable of bridging post-rock, metal, and atmospheric experimentation.

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